Miami, FSU, UCF all appear in preseason coaches’ poll

From left: Miami came in at 8th in the preseason coaches' poll, which FSU was 19th and UCF was 23rd.

Defending national champion Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 in the preseason coaches’ poll, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3.

The Crimson Tide received 61 one first-place votes from a panel of major-college coaches in the poll released Thursday. The Associated Press media poll will be released Aug. 20.

Alabama won its fifth national championship under coach Nick Saban last season, beating Georgia in overtime of the College Football Playoff national title game. The Bulldogs were ranked fourth by the coaches and Oklahoma was fifth.

Rounding out the top 10 were Washington, Wisconsin, Miami, Penn State and Auburn.

Florida State came in at No. 19, while UCF, which is coming off an undefeated 2017 season, came in at No. 23.